Category: Insight
‘Back to School’: Critical Thinking for Healthy Debate
Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally about what to do or…
‘Hate With a Pop Sheen’ Songs Gaining Popularity Among India Youth
DESPARDES — India weaponizes music to push Saffron agenda of Hinduatva, cow protection, anti Muslim…
Great People to Fly With: PIA Inches Toward Turnaround
Only 20 percent of the available cargo capacity was being airlifted which has now been…
India: ‘Mistrust Economy’ or ‘Modinomics’?
DESPARDES — When Narendra Modi was first elected in 2014, many hoped he would focus…
Why Imran Khan Deserves Praise for Kartarpur Corridor: C J Werleman
Any student of India-Pakistan relations knows that breakthroughs derived from track one diplomacy are few…
Changing Faces of Pakistan: Bulleh Shah in Kartarpur, Violin in ISB, Mughal Painting in LHR
DESPARDES — IT’S A WATERSHED day in the history of the subcontinent. “The future trajectory…
Where Does Afghan Peace Process Stand After Talks Collapsed and Kashmir Locked Down?
DESPARDES — The US has been holding negotiations with the Afghan Taliban to facilitate a…
Have a Heart: Kashmir Dignity, Honor is Under Siege in a Land Under Lockdown
IRSHAD SALIM — Last year almost this time some schoolchildren in Riyadh exhibited what they…
Trump’s Punishing Diet ‘Self-Destructive’, Worrisome: Psychiatrist
DESPARDES — FOXNEWS poll says Joe Biden (D) leads nomination race, tops Trump (R) by…
BJP’s Attempt to Deconstruct Tipu Sultan –With Hindutva Zeal
The primacy of class not religion assertion stands being deconstructed akin to the ‘Hindu’, ‘Muslim’…
In India, Pakistan Chill Modi is Clearly Disadvantaged
DESPARDES — Last year in October, Christophe Jaffrelot, a Senior Research Fellow at the CERI-Sciences…
IT SMELLS: Modi ‘Arranges Visit’ of Extreme Far Right EU MP’s Delegation to Locked-down Kashmir
IRSHAD SALIM — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has reportedly allowed a delegation of 30…